 Michel Youhana Sacre
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- Born on March 08, 1942 in Bentael, Jbeil-Byblos Lebanon
- Married to Nina Gabriel Maroun.
- Specialized in interior design.
- Painter and sculptor specialized in arts of ancient civilizations and bas relief .
- He worked with artist Cesar Gemayel and French artist "Lassuse" at Aintoura College .
- He attended the elementary school the Aintoura College (Lazarits) and he graduated from high school at the La Sagesse College.
- He was enrolled at the Fine Arts faculty in ALBA for one year, where he excelled.
- He worked afterwards for two years with the Italian architectural artist Lamberto Pecci and he assisted him in almost all his works and also learned from him sculpture and the art of bas relief.
Then he worked on his own for two years in Beirut and left work still well known: Samiramis night club, Epiclub, Kasba, La fourmie, Seven Seas Restaurant,Troubabo, in addition to different villas and night clubs along with his artistic work in painting and sculpture.
- In 1963, he traveled to Saudi Arabia to decorate the government Hospitality Palace; then he moved to Khobar to study and supervise the interior design and furniture of the Khobar Hotel. He went back to Jeddah, where he established a furniture workshop and two galleries with a study bureau in the heart of the capital. He has realized about 250 designs of mansions, villas, banks and shops. He also cooperated with directors at the Jeddah TV for one year at its launching.
- Holder of many honor decorations from the Ministry of Culture and Industry- KSA.
- Holder of many merits in the furniture industry from Italy . He also designed some furniture for the most famous manufacturers in Italy , including, but not limited to, such firms as BOUZNELLI, Jean Charles SAEVE, Grapaga, AMI, Pinelle. He is the pioneer in using tricolor chrome in furniture all executed in Roma and exported to the entire world.
- He executed the sculpture of King Abdel Aziz in teak wood, titled "Abdel Aziz Revolution in 1905" (530 X 260), which was sold after he left Saudi Arabia for 12 million riyals, the equivalent of 3 million dollars.
- He also executed a masterpiece on the arab conquest and different paintings for houses and mansions; he also designed 11 public gardens laid out by city councils in Jeddah and Riyadh .
- By 12/12/2003, he had already executed about 1500 works.
- He participated several times in the Milan International Fair in addition to exhibitions in Cologne and Frankfurt in Germany .
- His famous painting "War is against my will" was offered to the Pope upon his visit o Lebanon and is now exhibited at the International Museum in Vatican .
- His painting "Loyalty Day" was offered to UNIFIL soldiers and was transferred by the Secretary General assistant to the United Nations headquarters in New York .
- He gave himself completely over to painting and sculpture in 1991 and he started executing works on different civilizations through the paintings exhibited in International Museums.
- He specialized in litugical art and realized different masterpieces in this field.
- He continues his work in his studio in Bentael- Mount Lebanon.
- He has traveled repeatedly to many European, African and Arab countries in addition to the Far Eastern countries, and to Italy , France , Germany , South America and the Philippines .
- He has chaired the Culture Council of the City of Byblos four times.
- He is the chairman of the Patrimony and Liturgical Art Committee.
- He is a friend of nature and loves trees, birds, animals and seas and he chooses to work and live among oak and pine trees.
All bas relief paintings are hand-made and aged manually and the frames are also aged in colors matching the painting. All colors are feasible and sculpted rocks can be emulated in any color.
The paintings are made with sand, small rocks, fiber glass and resin, whereas the original sculptures are made with copper intended for this purpose.
He is looking for marketing agents for different countries according to a negotiable agreement.
A brief summary on arts in general and Bas Relief art in particular
From the beginning of their history, men have used signs to communicate with each other. Man developed this gift and started painting to express his feelings. This was the start of the symbolism art that has continued down to the present.
Hieroglyphics were developed by ancient populations, and this ledto the development of the letter that became phonetic and developed ultimately to a word, a sentence and then a book.
Painting was also used as method of expression and evolved into protrusions and sculptures on rocks used as a historiography of letters. These were completely by the ancient Mesopotamians , Ancient Egyptians, Semites, Phoenicians, Hittites, Acadians, etc, and are still being deciphered.
Michel Sacre
"The art of Bas-relief of ancient civilizations. An imitation sculpted by Artist Michel Sacre."
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